Meet the Press
Sen. James Lankford, Rep. Ro Khanna, Hoda Kotb, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis
TV Flash files “Sen. James Lankford, Rep. Ro Khanna, Hoda Kotb, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis” as hour 537 of 584 in the TV Flash guide — Meet the Press (1947–present) on NBC, season 2025, episode 34, aired 2025-08-31, 60 min.
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This leaf is S2025E34: listed hour 537 of 584 in the Meet the Press guide, hour 34 of 51 in season 2025. It aired 2025-08-31 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “V.P. JD Vance, Sen. Adam Schiff, Sergey Lavrov” (S2025E33). Next is “Gov. Wes Moore, Sec. Scott Bessent, Sen. Cory Booker” (S2025E35). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) says "the Federal Reserve is at its best when it's independent" but "they're not independent of the entire American people," adding that President Trump has a role to play in engaging with the economy. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said that Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook should release her mortgage documents but accused President Donald Trump of "following Richard Nixon's playbook to interfere with" the Federal Reserve. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the former director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss why he resigned from the agency and the future health policies under the Trump administration. Former "Today" co-anchor Hoda Kotb joins Kristen Welker for a Meet the Moment conversation about landing her dream job later in life and adopting children in her fifties.
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Where does Sen. James Lankford, Rep. Ro Khanna, Hoda Kotb, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis sit in the Meet the Press guide?
S2025E34 is listed hour 537 of 584 — hour 34 of 51 in season 2025, season 2025 episode 34.
When did Meet the Press S2025E34 air?
Sen. James Lankford, Rep. Ro Khanna, Hoda Kotb, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis aired 2025-08-31 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with 1950s panel combat — Spivak, Rountree's founding role in the lore, a public figure under questions. The Sunday ritual is visible immediately.
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Why this series still plays
Meet the Press is the longest-running show in television history: Sunday panel combat as civic ritual, Martha Rountree's founding power too often soft-pedaled. Defined the public-affairs interview still central to U.S. politics. In 2026 you watch it as the original must-quote hour — politicians on a panel, not a podcast.
The silhouette is Sunday furniture: a panel, a public figure, the original must-quote hour. Meet the Press premiered on NBC television in 1947 after a radio start and is the longest-running show in U.S. television history — already an institution by the 1950s. Co-created by Martha Rountree and Lawrence E. Spivak; Ned Brooks among the moderators. Rountree's founding power is the credit history too often soft-pedals. Journalists question public figures in a panel format that became the template for Sunday morning…
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- Lawrence E. Spivak as Panelist / moderator
Lawrence E. Spivak sat Meet the Press as panelist and moderator — the longest-running show in television, Sunday panel combat as civic ritual, the public-affairs interview still central to U.S. politics. Must-quote hour. TV Flash files…
- Martha Rountree as Creator / moderator
Martha Rountree built the Sunday fight as creator and moderator of Meet the Press — the longest-running show in television history, panel combat as civic ritual, founding power too often soft-pedaled. Public-affairs interview still…
- Ned Brooks as Moderator
Ned Brooks moderated Meet the Press when Sunday panel combat was still inventing itself as civic ritual — 1950s longest-running show in television history, Martha Rountree’s founding power too often soft-pedaled, the public-affairs…
Also in season 2025
- S2025E01 Jan 5 — Sen. Chuck Schumer; Sen. John Thune; Sen. Adam Schiff
- S2025E02 Jan 12 — Sen. Alex Padilla; Sen. James Lankford; Amanda Gorman
- S2025E03 Jan 19 - Rep. Mike Johnson, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Martin Luther King III
- S2025E04 Jan 26 - Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Adam Schiff
- S2025E05 Feb 2 - Sec. Kristi Noem, Sen. Eric Schmitt, Sen. Mark Kelly
- S2025E06 Feb. 9 – NSA Mike Waltz, Sen. Andy Kim and Amanda Gorman